Project Gutenberg 2010-01-18 Public domain in the USA. 150 Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 Stevenson, R. L. (Robert Louis) Lang, Andrew 1844 1912 Lang, Walter Andrew The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 17 A footnote to history: eight years of trouble in Samoa -- Island nights' entertainments. Produced by Marius Masi, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 17" by Stevenson is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This volume, part of a comprehensive collection of Stevenson’s works, focuses on the tumultuous history of Samoa during a critical eight-year period marked by internal discord and foreign intervention. It examines the political dynamics, societal customs, and conflicts that shaped the lives of the Samoan people during this time of unrest. The opening of this volume begins with a preface acknowledging the challenges in capturing the essence of a complex contemporary history that involves both indigenous and foreign influences. The author reflects on the substantial cultural differences between the Samoan way of life and that of Western powers, highlighting the intricacies of their socio-political structure. The text introduces key figures, such as Laupepa, the king of Samoa, as well as the foreign influences that complicate the native governance structure, setting the stage for an exploration of the clashes that arise from both internal rivalries and external pressures in the Pacific island context. Through detailed observations, Stevenson lays the groundwork for a rich narrative that promises to deliver insights into the effects of colonialism, cultural misunderstandings, and the quest for power amid chaos. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Islands of the Pacific -- Fiction Samoan Islands -- History DU PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Fiction 689235 689172 2024-09-13T07:59:32.999948 2023-09-13T12:39:02.855734 text/html text/html 707142 2021-01-06T01:39:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 306187 2021-01-06T01:39:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 382730 2024-09-13T07:59:43.733879 application/epub+zip 393564 2024-09-13T07:59:36.322873 application/epub+zip 332394 2024-09-13T07:59:35.028901 application/epub+zip 753318 2024-09-13T07:59:49.442848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 705718 2024-09-13T07:59:42.697891 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453482 2022-09-14T09:36:56.494252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 638103 638002 2024-09-13T07:59:31.871944 2023-09-13T12:39:01.804716 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 637932 2021-01-06T01:39:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 245321 2021-01-06T01:39:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 637944 2021-01-06T01:39:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 245240 2021-01-06T01:39:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21618 2024-09-13T07:59:49.590815 application/rdf+xml 25250 2024-09-13T07:59:35.414905 image/jpeg 4484 2024-09-13T07:59:35.230923 image/jpeg 377586 2024-09-13T07:59:33.063918 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia